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### 2D Radius Gage Overview

The 2D Radius Gage function is a quick-check tool that you can use to measure the radii on a pointcloud or mesh cross section.

You can create a 2D Radius Gage graphically on a cross section in the 2D Slide Show view.

To create a 2D Radius Gage graphically, do the following:

1. After you create the cross sections, from the Mesh, Pointcloud, or QuickCloud toolbar (View | Toolbars), click the Cross Section Slide Show button () to display the cross sections in 2D view. For details, see the "Cross Section Slide Show" section of the "Show and Hide Cross Section Polylines" topic.

2. Hold down the Shift key, and move the mouse cursor onto the radius to view the nominal, measured, and deviation values in the display widget.

3. Left-click to select the radius. You can create or cancel the radius gage from the widget dialog box.

The software uses a Least Square Best Fit algorithm to calculate the 2D Radius by default. The active tolerances are set on the Dimensions Color Bar. The radius gage graphic uses the color from the Dimensions Color Bar which corresponds to its deviation. For details on editing the dimension color scale, see "Editing Dimension Colors" in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.

You can change the tolerances for the gage from the Edit window, or press the F9 key to view the 2D Radius Gage dialog box.

Examples of the 2D Radius Gage

By default, PC-DMIS automatically includes the 2D Radius Gage in the report.

Example of a 2D Radius Gage report

You can turn off showing the 2D Radius Gage in the report from the Label/Reporting tab of the 2D Radius Gage dialog box. For details, see "2D Radius Gage Dialog Box".

Once you create a 2D Radius Gage, you can use it in Location and Distance Dimensions, and Constructions. For Location Dimension, Form is not supported.

More:

2D Radius Gage Dialog Box

Creating a 2D Radius Gage

CROSS SECTION

2D View of Cross Sections